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Louis Kentner’s Liszt playing grew more expressive and characterful in the 1950s and ’60s in contrast to his younger, more reticent shellac-era counterpart. Yet while
It’s good to have Rena Kyriakou’s lovingly cultivated Mendelssohn Songs Without Words available again through Arkivmusic.com’s on-demand reprint program, despite Vox’s dry 1962 sonics and
Problems abound in this knowingly prepared, but logy, low-energy performance. The lilting string accents in the Scherzo are offset by the out-of-tune opening horn motive.
If I had to cull the finest Mozart piano concerto recordings from 20 years’ worth of Vox releases, my short list probably would match producer
This appealing collection brings together some well-known gems from the Vox catalogue in one enticing package. The Johanos/Dallas recordings of Ives’ Holidays Symphony and Copland
Time and again throughout Ivan Moravec’s first recording of Chopin’s Funeral March sonata you encounter phrase groupings, accentuations, and stresses that at first may sound
Arnaldo Cohen takes a centrist route through the Schumann Fantasia, paying heed to its ardent impulses while at the same time keeping basic tempos steady
Complete not only refers to all of Bartók’s original solo piano music gathered on five CDs, but also to György Sandor’s mastery over every aspect
Abbey Simon’s Chopin Études first came out on a budget-priced Turanbout LP in the late 1970s. It offered a viable alternative to more expensive editions
This Vox set offers the best all-around collection of Prokofiev’s film music–that is, film scores Prokofiev later arranged as concert works. Leonard Slatkin proves a
